Tocsin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɒksɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tocsin is a noun meaning An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France.
Meaning
An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France.
More Meanings
- A bell used to sound an alarm.
Example Sentences
I'll ring the tocsin, I'll have Saint-Antoine out. I can put twenty thousand armed men on the streets, just like that.
At half-past one, on the sounding of the tocsin (or bell of the public-house) about fifteen persons were collected, when the Rev. J. Bromley was called to the chair.
The noise of drumming and trumpeting came from the Albany Street Barracks, and every church within earshot was hard at work killing sleep with a vehement disorderly tocsin.
As she entered the projection theatre the soundtrack reverberated across the sculpture garden, a melancholy tocsin modulated by Talbert’s less and less coherent commentary.
Word Forms
- tocsins
Synonyms for tocsin
Depending on context, synonyms include alarm bell.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alarm bell, alarm, tokin, toll, bell, tock.
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